face of blatant racism exhibited in his decades-old photo of his med school yearbook page, no one quite sure which one was northam but he was probably one of the two. that man, that product of a virginia that made that kind of yearbook photo an acceptable thing to put in there, well, he s the one who ordered the statue s removal last summer and celebrated by live streaming it, clearly viewing it as a political benefit for him and the democratic party in a state that is now reliably democratic, that is considerably more progressive than many of the states throughout the old confederacy. the fact that lee s statue came down is no doubt a win for those of us who do believe in the project of multi-racial democracy. the broader lesson of lee s statue coming down is that no victory is ever definitive. no surrender ever final. because the forces that oppose it endure. and they are particularly organized and animated right
laura: less than a week ago, it was virginia democrat governor ralph northam who fresh off extolling the virtues of infanticide was exposed for posting this photo on his med school yearbook page. i am deeply sorry, i cannot change the decisions i ve made but i accept responsibility for my past actions and i am ready to do the hard work of regaining your trust. laura: he s trying. then it was his potential successor democratic lieutenant governor fairfax. now in his own #metoo controversy. it didn t happen the way it was portrayed. laura: yesterday, it was his second in line to the government ship, democrat attorney general mark herring who tried to get out in front of his own 40-year-old mistake. he admitted he too had donned black face for a college party
awareness. governor ralph northam still refusing to resign over the racist photo on his med school yearbook page. he met with black leaders yesterday. and lieutenant governor justin fairfax facing sexual harassment allegations. vanessa tyson claims he assaulted her at the national convention. he told bobby scott about the allegation a year ago. aides say the congressman did not learn of the full scope until wednesday when tyson released a graphic statement about her encounter with fairfax. more now from ryan noesbles. reporter: we had thought that things couldn t get much worse here at virginia state capital, but wednesday proved us wrong. dr. vanessa tyson released a very lengthy statement where she talked in specificity about the alleged incident in which she says that the lieutenant governor who was then an aide to
northam has been clinging to his job since it came out that his med school yearbook page featured a photo of a man in black face next tie man in a klan robe. apparently he saw the movie blacks clansmen and thought hey, that s two good costumes. last nightways president trump s state of the union address to congress. there wasn t a lot of new information that came out of speech but trump did confirm that he ll be meeting with north korean leader kim jong-un in vietnam later this month. meeting with kim jong-un around valentine s day. looks like someone s trying to make vladimir putin jealous. the person i enjid most last night wouldn t donald trump, it was josh trump. he s the cute kid who the president invited because he gets bullied for his last name. but it turns out, he fell asleep during trump s speech. oh, man, the donald must have
get your human to visit wellsfargo.com/woof. what would she do without me? political turmoil in the state of virginia tonight after this 1984 image surface said of the current governor in his med school yearbook page showing a person in black face, posing next to someone with a kkk robe. the image was first posted by right wing politics.